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ABC
10-year moratorium
- 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973
- DoctorConnect website
- 5 Year Overseas Trained Doctor (OTD) Scheme
- OTD Scaling
A1 Medicare rebate
- Medicare Plus for Other Medical Practitioners Program (MOMPs)
- Rural Other Medical Practitioners Program (ROMPs)
Aboriginal Medical Services
- Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC)
- Remote Area Aboriginal Health Services Program (RAAHS)
- COAG Mental Health - Mental Health services in Rural and Remote Areas (MHSRRA)
- Immunisation clinics
- The Section 100 Support Allowance Program (Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement)
- Practice Nurse Incentive Program (PNIP)
Aged care
Anaesthetics
- GP Procedural Training Support Program
- The Rural Procedural Grants Program
- Practice Incentives Program (PIP) – Procedural General Practitioner Payment
Australian Defence Force
Bulk billing
Cancer care
- McGrath Specialist Breast Care Nurses
- Health and Hospitals Fund - Round 2 Regional Cancer Centres
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Indigenous Chronic Disease (MSOAP-ICD)
Capital funding/infrastructure
- National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program (NRRHIP)
- Health and Hospitals Fund - Round 2 Regional Cancer Centres
- Royal Hobart Hospital
- Grafton Hospital
- Tamworth Medical Training & Education Facility
- Multidisciplinary Rural Training Network - Dental School Charles Sturt University
Child abuse
- NT Remote Health Workforce Child Abuse Training and Development
- Mobile Outreach Service (MOS) Plus - NT Only
Chronic disease
- Closing the Gap - PBS Co-Payment Measure
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Indigenous Chronic Disease (MSOAP-ICD)
- Expanding the Outreach and Service Capacity of Indigenous Health Organisations
Closing the Gap
- Substance Use (COAG 06/07)
- Remote Service Delivery (including Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory) - Indigenous health and related services
- Expanding the Outreach and Service Capacity of Indigenous Health Organisations
- Closing the Gap - PBS Co-Payment Measure
Continuing professional development
- Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme – Allied Health Scholarship
- The Rural Procedural Grants Program
- Rural Obstetrician and Anaesthetist Locum Scheme (ROALS)
- Rural Locum Education Assistance Program: Procedural Training - Urban Doctors
- Additional Assistance Scheme (AAS)
- Rural Locum Relief Program (RLRP)
- Continuing Education & Training Support
- Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement
- Medicare Plus for Other Medical Practitioners Program (MOMPs)
- Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS)
Counselling
- eheadspace
- Rural Primary Health Services (RPHS) program
- Mobile Outreach Service (MOS) Plus - NT Only
DEF
Dental services
- Mobile Dental Services (Closing the Gap - Indigenous dental services in rural and regional areas)
- Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS)
- Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC)
- National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program (NRRHIP)
- Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme – Allied Health Scholarship
Diabetes
Diagnostic imaging
- Specialist Training Program - Diagnostic Imaging - Enhancing the Rural and Remote Workforce Scheme (DI-ERRWS)
- Grafton Hospital
- Diagnostic Imaging Locations
Distance education
- Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS)
- Continuing Education & Training Support
- Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and GPs through Medicare Benefits Schedule initiative - Professional Development
Drug and alcohol services
E-Health
Emergency medicine
- The Rural Procedural Grants Program
- Rural Locum Education Assistance Program: Procedural Training - Urban Doctors
Eye health
- Visiting Optometrists Scheme
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP) - Ophthalmology Services
Financial incentives
- GP Procedural Training Support Program
- The Rural Procedural Grants Program
- Rural Obstetrician and Anaesthetist Locum Scheme (ROALS)
- Rural Locum Education Assistance Program: Procedural Training - Urban Doctors
- Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement
- Higher Bulk Bill Incentives in Regional, Rural and Remote Areas - Tasmania and Metropolitan Areas
- Practice Incentives Program (PIP) – Procedural General Practitioner Payment
- Practice Incentives Program (PIP) - Rural Loading
- General Practice Rural Incentives Program (GPRIP) - GP Component
- General Practice Rural Incentives Program (GPRIP) - Registrars Component
- General Practice Rural Incentives Program (GPRIP) - Rural Relocation Incentive Grant
- HECS Reimbursement Scheme
- Visiting Optometrists Scheme
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP) - Ophthalmology Services
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Indigenous Chronic Disease (MSOAP-ICD)
- Practice Nurse Incentive Program (PNIP)
- Medicare Plus for Other Medical Practitioners Program (MOMPs)
- Rural Other Medical Practitioners Program (ROMPs)
GHI
Health advice
Health information
Health protection
- Immunisation clinics
- Surveillance - Torres Strait Health Protection Strategy-Mosquito control
- Torres Strait Health Protection Strategy - Saibai Island Primary Healthcare Clinic
Health services directory
Hearing services
HECS
Home medicine review
Hospitals
- Royal Hobart Hospital
- Grafton Hospital
- Mersey Hospital Management and Operation
- Woomera Hospital
- COAG Improving Access to Primary Care Services in Rural and Remote areas - s19(2) Exemptions Initiative
Immunisation
Indigenous Health
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Workforce Employment and Training Funding
- Rural Primary Health Services (RPHS) program
- Closing the Gap - PBS Co-Payment Measure
- Remote Service Delivery (including Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory) - Indigenous health and related services
- Expanding the Outreach and Service Capacity of Indigenous Health Organisations
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Legislation
- 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973
- 19AA of the Health Insurance Act 1973
- COAG Improving Access to Primary Care Services in Rural and Remote areas - s19(2) Exemptions Initiative
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- The Section 100 Support Allowance Program (Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement)
MNO
Maternity services
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program Maternity Services (MSOAP-MS)
- GP Procedural Training Support Program
- The Rural Procedural Grants Program
- Practice Incentives Program (PIP) – Procedural General Practitioner Payment
Medical equipment
Mental health
- Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS)
- Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and GPs through Medicare Benefits Schedule initiative - Professional Development
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- COAG Mental Health - Mental Health services in Rural and Remote Areas (MHSRRA)
MRI
Obstetrics
- GP Procedural Training Support Program
- The Rural Procedural Grants Program
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program Maternity Services (MSOAP-MS)
- Practice Incentives Program (PIP) – Procedural General Practitioner Payment
Outreach
- Evaluation of the Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program and the Visiting Optometrists Scheme – Final Report
- Visiting Optometrists Scheme
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program Maternity Services (MSOAP-MS)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP) - Ophthalmology Services
- Expanding the Outreach and Service Capacity of Indigenous Health Organisations
- Mobile Outreach Service (MOS) Plus - NT Only
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Indigenous Chronic Disease (MSOAP-ICD)
PQR
Pathology
Patient accommodation
Patient transport
Petrol sniffing
Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
- Practice Incentives Program (PIP) – Procedural General Practitioner Payment
- Practice Incentives Program (PIP) - Rural Loading
- Practice Nurse Incentive Program (PNIP)
Recruitment
- International Recruitment Strategy (IRS)
- Rural and Remote General Practice Program (element under the GPITS GP Workforce program)
- 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973
- DoctorConnect website
Registration
Rural Health Education Foundation
Rural loading
- Practice Incentives Program (PIP) - Rural Loading
- Specialist Training Program (STP)
- Home Medicine Review Rural Loading Allowance
Rural placement
- Multidisciplinary Rural Training Network - University Departments of Rural Health (UDRH)
- Multidisciplinary Rural Training Network - John Flynn Placement Program (JFPP)
- Multidisciplinary Rural Training Network - Rural Clinical Training & Support (RCTS)
- Multidisciplinary Rural Training Network - Dental Training Expanding Rural Placements (DTERP) Program
- Australian General Practice Training Program (AGPT)
- Prevocational GP Placements Program (PGPPP
- Rural Locum Education Assistance Program: Procedural Training - Urban Doctors
- Rural Obstetrician and Anaesthetist Locum Scheme (ROALS)
- Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS)
- 5 Year Overseas Trained Doctor (OTD) Scheme
- General Practice Rural Incentives Program (GPRIP) - Registrars Component
- Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement
- 19AA of the Health Insurance Act 1973
- Rural Locum Relief Program (RLRP)
STU
Scholarships
- Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship (RAMUS)
- Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships (MRBS) Scheme
- Specialist Training Program - Diagnostic Imaging - Enhancing the Rural and Remote Workforce Scheme (DI-ERRWS)
- Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme – Allied Health Scholarship
- Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement
Specialist training
- Specialist Training Program (STP)
- Australian General Practice Training Program (AGPT)
- Specialist Training Program - Diagnostic Imaging - Enhancing the Rural and Remote Workforce Scheme (DI-ERRWS)
- Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS)
- Prevocational GP Placements Program (PGPPP)
- 19AA of the Health Insurance Act 1973
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Health care professionals
Medical Students
- Multidisciplinary Rural Training Network - University Departments of Rural Health (UDRH)
- Multidisciplinary Rural Training Network - John Flynn Placement Program (JFPP)
- Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship (RAMUS)
- Bonded Medical Places (BMP) Scheme
- Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships (MRBS) Scheme
- Multidisciplinary Rural Training Network - Rural Clinical Training & Support (RCTS)
- NT Medical School – Northern Territory Medical Program (NTMP)
- DoctorConnect website
- HECS Reimbursement Scheme
Dental students
- Multidisciplinary Rural Training Network - Dental Training Expanding Rural Placements (DTERP) Program
- Multidisciplinary Rural Training Network - Dental School Charles Sturt University
- Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme – Allied Health Scholarship
Allied Health Professionals
- Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme – Allied Health Scholarship
- Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS)
- Continuing Education & Training Support
- Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC)
- National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program (NRRHIP)
- Rural Primary Health Services (RPHS) program
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program Maternity Services (MSOAP-MS)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Indigenous Chronic Disease (MSOAP-ICD)
- COAG Improving Access to Primary Care Services in Rural and Remote areas - s19(2) Exemptions Initiative
- Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme – Allied Health Scholarship
Pyschologists
- Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme – Allied Health Scholarship
- Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and GPs through Medicare Benefits Schedule initiative - Professional Development
- COAG Mental Health - Mental Health services in Rural and Remote Areas (MHSRRA)
Nurses
- Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme – Allied Health Scholarship
- Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS)
- Continuing Education & Training Support
- McGrath Specialist Breast Care Nurses
- Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC)
- National Rural and Remote Health Program
- Healthdirect Australia
- Practice Nurse Incentive Program (PNIP)
- COAG Mental Health - Mental Health services in Rural and Remote Areas (MHSRRA)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP) - Ophthalmology Services
Dentists
- Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS)
- Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC)
- National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program (NRRHIP)
- Mobile Dental Services (Closing the Gap - Indigenous dental services in rural and regional areas)
- Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme – Allied Health Scholarship
Dental Nurses
- Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS)
- Mobile Dental Services (Closing the Gap - Indigenous dental services in rural and regional areas)
Rural Locums
- Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS)
- Rural Obstetrician and Anaesthetist Locum Scheme (ROALS)
- Rural Locum Education Assistance Program: Procedural Training - Urban Doctors
- Rural Locum Relief Program (RLRP)
- Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement
- The Rural Procedural Grants Program
- Workforce Support for Rural General Practice
- Visiting Optometrists Scheme
GP registrars
- Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS)
- Australian General Practice Training Program (AGPT)
- General Practice Rural Incentives Program (GPRIP) - Registrars Component
- National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program (NRRHIP)
- 19AA of the Health Insurance Act 1973
Specialist Trainees
- Specialist Training Program (STP)
- Specialist Training Program - Diagnostic Imaging - Enhancing the Rural and Remote Workforce Scheme (DI-ERRWS)
- Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships (MRBS) Scheme
- Bonded Medical Places (BMP) Scheme
- 19AA of the Health Insurance Act 1973
Junior doctors
Specialists
- Continuing Education & Training Support
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program Maternity Services (MSOAP-MS)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Indigenous Chronic Disease (MSOAP-ICD)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP) - Ophthalmology Services
- Rural Obstetrician and Anaesthetist Locum Scheme (ROALS)
Specialist International Medical Graduates
GPs
- Continuing Education & Training Support
- Rural Obstetrician and Anaesthetist Locum Scheme (ROALS)
- Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and GPs through Medicare Benefits Schedule initiative - Professional Development
- Rural and Remote General Practice Program (element under the GPITS GP Workforce program)
- Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC)
- Higher Bulk Bill Incentives in Regional, Rural and Remote Areas - Tasmania and Metropolitan Areas
- General Practice Rural Incentives Program (GPRIP) - GP Component
- National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program (NRRHIP)
- Rural Women's GP Service (RWGPS)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program Maternity Services (MSOAP-MS)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP) - Ophthalmology Services
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Indigenous Chronic Disease (MSOAP-ICD)
- Rural Locum Education Assistance Program: Procedural Training - Urban Doctors
- DoctorConnect website
- General Practice Rural Incentives Program (GPRIP) - Rural Relocation Incentive Grant
- Rural Locum Relief Program (RLRP)
- Rural Other Medical Practitioners Program (ROMPs)
- Medicare Plus for Other Medical Practitioners Program (MOMPs)
- Home Medicine Review Rural Loading Allowance
- Immunisation clinics
- Workforce Support for Rural General Practice
- Healthdirect Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers
- Continuing Education & Training Support
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program Maternity Services (MSOAP-MS)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP) - Ophthalmology Services
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Workforce Employment and Training Funding
- Expanding the Outreach and Service Capacity of Indigenous Health Organisations
- National Rural and Remote Health Program
- COAG Mental Health - Mental Health services in Rural and Remote Areas (MHSRRA)
Procedural GPs
- GP Procedural Training Support Program
- The Rural Procedural Grants Program
- Practice Incentives Program (PIP) – Procedural General Practitioner Payment
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program Maternity Services (MSOAP-MS)
Psychiatrists
Specialist Obstetricians
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program Maternity Services (MSOAP-MS)
- Rural Obstetrician and Anaesthetist Locum Scheme (ROALS)
OTDs
- International Recruitment Strategy (IRS)
- 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973
- DoctorConnect website
- 5 Year Overseas Trained Doctor (OTD) Scheme
- OTD Scaling
- Additional Assistance Scheme (AAS)
- Rural Locum Relief Program (RLRP)
- Rural and Remote General Practice Program (element under the GPITS GP Workforce program)
- Rural Other Medical Practitioners Program (ROMPs)
Foreign Graduates of an accredited Medical School
- International Recruitment Strategy (IRS)
- 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973
- DoctorConnect website
- 5 Year Overseas Trained Doctor (OTD) Scheme
- OTD Scaling
- Additional Assistance Scheme (AAS)
- Rural Locum Relief Program (RLRP)
- Rural and Remote General Practice Program (element under the GPITS GP Workforce program)
- Rural Other Medical Practitioners Program (ROMPs)
Pharmacists
- Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement
- Home Medicine Review Rural Loading Allowance
- Remote Area Aboriginal Health Services Program (RAAHS)
- The Section 100 Support Allowance Program (Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement)
GP Practices
Non-VR doctors
- Medicare Plus for Other Medical Practitioners Program (MOMPs)
- Rural Other Medical Practitioners Program (ROMPs)
- 19AA of the Health Insurance Act 1973
Pathologists
Midwives
- National Rural and Remote Health Program
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program Maternity Services (MSOAP-MS)
International medical graduates
- International Recruitment Strategy (IRS)
- 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973
- DoctorConnect website
- 5 Year Overseas Trained Doctor (OTD) Scheme
- OTD Scaling
- Additional Assistance Scheme (AAS)
- Rural Locum Relief Program (RLRP)
- Rural and Remote General Practice Program (element under the GPITS GP Workforce program)
- Rural Other Medical Practitioners Program (ROMPs)
Customers
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders
- NT Medical School – Northern Territory Medical Program (NTMP)
- Hearing Services Program
- Closing the Gap - PBS Co-Payment Measure
- COAG Mental Health - Mental Health services in Rural and Remote Areas (MHSRRA)
- Expanding the Outreach and Service Capacity of Indigenous Health Organisations
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Workforce Employment and Training Funding
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Indigenous Chronic Disease (MSOAP-ICD)
- Mobile Dental Services (Closing the Gap - Indigenous dental services in rural and regional areas)
- Mobile Outreach Service (MOS) Plus - NT Only
- NT Remote Health Workforce Child Abuse Training and Development
- Practice Nurse Incentive Program (PNIP)
- The Section 100 Support Allowance Program (Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement)
- Remote Area Aboriginal Health Services Program (RAAHS)
- Remote Service Delivery (including Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory) - Indigenous health and related services
- Substance Use - Combating Petrol Sniffing
- Substance Use (COAG 06/07)
- Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC)
- Immunisation clinics
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program Maternity Services (MSOAP-MS)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP) - Ophthalmology Services
- Rural Primary Health Services (RPHS) program
Employers
- DoctorConnect website
- Rural and Remote General Practice Program (element under the GPITS GP Workforce program)
Women
- Rural Women's GP Service (RWGPS)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program Maternity Services (MSOAP-MS)
Young People
- eheadspace
- Mobile Dental Services (Closing the Gap - Indigenous dental services in rural and regional areas)
- Mobile Outreach Service (MOS) Plus - NT Only
- NT Remote Health Workforce Child Abuse Training and Development
- Remote Service Delivery (including Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory) - Indigenous health and related services
- Substance Use - Combating Petrol Sniffing
- Substance Use (COAG 06/07)
Outreach
- Evaluation of the Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program and the Visiting Optometrists Scheme – Final Report
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP)
- Visiting Optometrists Scheme
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program Maternity Services (MSOAP-MS)
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP) - Ophthalmology Services
- Expanding the Outreach and Service Capacity of Indigenous Health Organisations
- Mobile Outreach Service (MOS) Plus - NT Only
- Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Indigenous Chronic Disease (MSOAP-ICD)